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By: A House By The Park « Remodeling 101

A House By The Park « Remodeling 101 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:17:54 +0000

[…] was especally excited to see this entry including pictures of his NanaWall System. There were several of these glass walls on the Tour of […]

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:07:34 +0000

Mike,

OK that makes sense on the roof hatch then. Ours is 3′ x 3′.

We went with La Cantina for three reasons. Our door is 10′ tall and budget wise they were about 30% less at that height. Nana required a horizontal mullion for doors that height and I did not really like (probably not that big of a deal though). And the clincher was they were able to do a pre-hung pivot door for our main entry door that matched.

By: NUNG

NUNG — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:18:20 +0000

Great blog and great project. The nana wall and views are great.
I am glad you have a great team to work with. Architectural design and building construction are both really labour intensive and expensive. Mostly a labour of love . As you can see many thing can go wrong even in a residential project like this. The right way to do a project is slow and steady team work instead of rushing around, cutting corners and talking through lawyers. Cheers

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:40:13 +0000

Don: I try to never pinch myself. The washing situation is an interesting one. I’m hoping to hook up a pressure sprayer on the lower lawn that I can do routine cleanings with and maybe get a pro cleaning once a year or so.

Josh: Nice. What made you go with La Cantina? To tell you the truth, I didn’t shop other brands much. I liked the screen system that the Nanas came with, but I’m sure others have similar accessories. As for the roof hatch, yeah, it’s pretty huge. It’s 3′ 10″ by 10′ 4″. Total price was about $4500 but had to pay tax and freight on top of that. The original roof hatch that was spec’d was twice the size and came in at an extremely prohibitive $15k. Since that blew up the budget, we figured out a way to keep it from being doublewide and as a result, it came in at one-third the cost.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:02:53 +0000

Great choices on the Marlin windows. We are using them on our build in Portland. We decided to go with La Cantina for the folding door system instead of Nana though.

The roof hatch seems very expensive. Is it an unusual size?